NAILS AND WHITE LEAD
duties maintained EXTENSION FOR ANOTHER YEAR []lY TELEGRAPH- —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Thursday A notice published' in this evening's ,;f Gazette intimates that action has been taken bv Ordor-in-Council to maintain the present duties in respect of nails-." and white lead in oil for a further , r year, until October 31, 1939. When tho tariff was revised in 1934 provision was made for tho abolition the duty under the British preferential tariff on,*, these articles after Octoebr 31, 1936. ' in view of trade discussions then pending with the United Kingdom, step?,;--were taken in July, 1936, to extend the duties until October 31, 1937. A,/, further extension of one year was arranged in October, 1937, after the ro?,V.' turn of the Minister of Customs, the";,.,: Hon. W. Nash, from abroad, negotia- - tions with the United Kingdom not having been completed. , The Hon. Mark Fagaij, acting tor Mr. Nash, stated to-day that the tiations wore riot yet finalised and extension now provided for had arranged in order that the of duties on such uoods-vinight be con u. sidered at a time when .the tariff on * United Kingdom -oods is
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23150, 23 September 1938, Page 7
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190NAILS AND WHITE LEAD New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23150, 23 September 1938, Page 7
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